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This week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite segments of the year. 

And today, we're talking about transit. And translators. 

A now-former King County Metro Bus driver tells us what passengers should know when they ride the bus. But more importantly, we got some insight into why the 8 in downtown Seattle is so often called the late bus. 

Plus, we sat down with a Seattle-based translator to discuss her National Book Award-nominated work translating the novel We Computers into English. 

She said that translating the poetry and the prose in this book was like running a triathlon.

We're taking a trip with two local women who helped us get from point A to point B in 2025. 

Guests
Desiree Andersen, former King County Metro bus driver, @desinthepark
Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Seattle-based translator of Hamid Ismailov's 

Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes

Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

This week, we&rsquo;re revisiting some of our favorite segments of the year.&nbsp;
And today, we're talking about transit. And translators.&nbsp;
A now-former King County Metro Bus driver tells us what passengers should know when they ride the bus. But more importantly, we got some insight into why the 8 in downtown Seattle is so often called the late bus. Plus, we sat down with a Seattle-based translator to discuss her National Book Award-nominated work translating the novel We Computers into English.&nbsp;
She said that translating the poetry and the prose in this book was like running a triathlon.
We're taking a trip with two local women who helped us get from point A to point B in 2025.&nbsp;
Guests
<ul>
<li>Desiree Andersen, former King County Metro bus driver, @desinthepark</li>
<li>Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Seattle-based translator of Hamid Ismailov's&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to&nbsp;<a href="http://kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes">kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes</a>
Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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We review two Seattle-area women who helped readers — and passengers  — get from point A to point B in 2025. 

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